[Mike Squires]

I agree with Bob. Though, $4k-$8k in savings in a little low. A good broadcast quality HD scope is around $20k. 😉

I understand one wanting Thunderbolt support for such a product, but it doesn’t make any financial sense for BMD. And remember, don’t blame BMD for Apple not adopting USB 3.0.

And I’m sorry if it sounds like I’m bashing Apple, that is not my intent, and I hope this doesn’t turn into a PC vs Mac thread.

[Mike Squires]

I would actually like the same, and I have a Dropbox account if necessary.

[Mike Squires]

imo, it’s a money thing. Most production houses have plenty of PC’s, even if editing is done on a Mac. So for BMD, the initial release is a simple one, go with USB 3.0. The cost of buying a PC that can handle the requirements for the Pocket Ultrascope is about 1/3 the price of a Mac.

Thunderbolt I believe is a proprietary technology owned by Apple, which has to be licensed (imagine that), so paying for the license isn’t priority number one for BMD.

As I said, this is only my opinion, so someone feel free to correct me if I’m wrong.

I’m sure some (or even most) won’t like to hear this, but the days of even editing on a Mac in the professional market are coming to an end. You can get better performance out of a PC for half the price. I personally gave up on Mac (and FCP) last summer, and couldn’t be happier.

[Mike Squires]

Andreas,

I agree with you about ProRes, it really looks like it’s the end of the line for it.

But I’m hearing that even the Quicktime wrapped files the new software is outputting isn’t compatible with Premiere Pro, to me, that’s a major problem.

EDIT:
Hmm, after reading on the Adobe Forums, it seems the new Quicktime wrapped files do import fine in CS5.5.

[Mike Squires]

-Add macros to the ATEM line (ie, on the TVS, the ability to change the upstream key graphic to something else in the media pool when switching cameras. I know you can do this with 2 upstream M/Es, but it should be possible to do this with the TVS via macros. We can currently do this will our Echolab switcher, and it only has 1 upstream M/E)

-Use embedded audio on the HDMI inputs (obviously 2-channel PCM only)

-The H.264 encoder needs some work, it adds way too much noise to the video, even at 20Mbps. I get much better results with 8Mbps H.264 in Premiere Pro, and that encodes in faster than real-time.

-Add streaming to the H.264 encoder

-Allow interlaced output in the H.264 encoder (it currently adds a lot of stair-stepping when it deinterlaces the video)

Besides the embedded audio over HDMI, I bet the other three requests could be done via a firmware update, possibly even the HDMI request.

[Mike Squires]

Are you capturing uncompressed or with the new Avid codec? With the Avid codec, even a 7200rpm platter-based hdd can handle 220Mbps. Which, btw, is something BDM should think about adding support for (regular platter-based hdd’s).

[Mike Squires]

Yes, you can map buttons to the switcher inputs with the ATEM TVS also. The software is identical, but some things are greyed out if using a ATEM TVS, for obvious reasons (DVE, Stinger, etc.).

[Mike Squires]

We’re using both SDI and HDMI inputs/outputs, and it works fine.

[Mike Squires]

As I don’t own one, I can’t confirm, but in the Overview, it specifically states:

“Flexible compressor/expander function with peak limiter per stereo channel as well as a stereo imager and stereo delay”

[Mike Squires]

People have had good luck with this:

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/280608-REG/Behringer_DEQ2496_DEQ2496_Digital_EQ.html